Recent content by easy-shaft

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Good to know things move on. In my day, you had to have a speedo, it had to be labelled mph and it had to be lit when lights were on. There was no requirement for it to accurate or work (that came under construction and use). We were able to mot simply by over marking the k (in kmh) with an...

In a previous life, I was involved with jap imports. Mostly bikes. In the 90s, we used to add stickers to the speedo outer glass, also changing the label to mph. The speedo was not tested (for mot) but had to be in mph and lit. Later, for the mechanical speedo, you purchased a gearbox to...

As I can feel the latch is not positive, I will clean, grease and retry. If they don't feel vastly improved, then they will need replacing. They have less than 100k on them but the passengers is worse than the driver. Whist safety is important, if I was looking to blow hundreds on safety...

Is it true that the pink does less damage to your carpets?

You mentioned poor microswitch on door lock. Another thread suggested this was my issue. Before the last round of trouble, I got inconsistent results if the door handles were not fully home. Lastly, when mine lost its sync, it refused to reset using it in the door lock and pressing buttons...

Many thanks. Will try with brake cleaner (fire extinguishers at hand) then regrease. Will report back

One young pavement terrorist damaged my last car on his way to work) I called Police (I feared made up claims later). He refused to pay towards damage. 3 years later, the little turd was still trying his luck with the "we bull**** any claim.com". 4 years in now ‐ nothing heard for 12 months...

My genuine mirror finally fogged and became unusable. I replaced it with a stick on one for the mot. I haven't driven this thing for 18 months, in that time, I've been driving a tiny car with reversing sensors. I never saw the point of these, but now, I want to fit a set to the p38. Travelling...

P38a 4.6 1999 100k Both front seatbelt catches do not 'catch' very well. When pressing the release button, it feels slack. Occasionally, the catch (especially the passenger side) let's go. I can buy replacements from breakers, but if this is a common problem, the replacements might not be much...

Good luck. Please let us know how you get on

All done guys. Thanks for the info, support and encouragement. Some more posts coming for seat belt catches and reversing sensors. Cheers!

Petrol flap opened correctly. Mot passed. Before Mot, I asked "if flap won't open, can I remove it?". In the opinion of my Mot tester "no, unless you fit a locking filler cap". I think this may be a misunderstanding of the testers handbook that talks about a cap locking in place. Suspect the...

To avoid paying for a 3rd Mot, I fitted a separate switch anyway. Since cutting lumber support, no more fuse blowing . Next time I have the seat out, I will reconnect original seat base wiring (removing my switch)

Thanks. Looking at the wiring diagram, the only unswitched live that is hidden in the seat is (as you say) for the lumber support. As the fuse is blowing without the seat being moved and the visible wiring is not damaged ‐ it seems very likely this is the problem.